World Read Aloud day is a time to share stories both new and old! Use this opportunity to explore texts and authors that represent your community and search out stories that reveal experiences that are new and different from you own! Here are some of our favorite texts!
Read Aloud Suggestions Belonging Picture Books
The Gift of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Anderae Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto Chicken Sunday by Patricia Polacco Llama Llama Misses Mama by Anna Dewdney Poetry “Night on the Neighborhood Street” by Eloise Greenfield
The Flag of Childhood: Poems of the Middle East by Naomi Shihab Nye Chapter Books
Wonder by RJ Palacio Fresh Off The Boat by Eddie Huang The Junkyard Wonders by Patricia Polacco
Curiosity Picture
Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran Sky Color by Peter Reynolds Hello Ocean by Pam Muñoz Ryan Journey by Aaron Becker Llama Llama Holiday Drama by Anna Dewdney
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Poetry “Salsa Stories” by Lulu Delacre A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein Chapter Books
Bayou Magic by Jewell Parker Rhodes Unstoppable Octobia May by Sharon Flake Nightbird by Alice Hoffman Fortunately, the Milk by Neil Gaiman
Friendship Picture
The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend by Dan Santat The Friendly Four by Eloise Greenfield Ninja Bunny by Jennifer Gary Olsen Llama Llama and the Bully Goat by Anna Dewdney Poetry “Build a Box of Friendship” by Chuck Pool “Monsters I’ve Met” by Shel Silverstein Chapter
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl Finding Audrey by Sophie Kinsella I Will Always Write Back by Martin Ganda, Caitlin Alifrenka and Liz Welch
Kindness Picture
Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson Z Is for Moose by Kelly Bingham I Broke My Trunk by Mo Willems
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Llama Llama Time to Share by Anna Dewdney Poetry “The Invitation” by Shel Silverstein Chapter
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo The Women Of Brewster Place by Gloria Naylor The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
Courage Picture
Rad American Women A-Z by Kate Schatz Planting the Trees of Kenya by Claire A. Nivola The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney Poetry “On the Pulse of Morning” by Maya Angelou Chapter
The Red Pencil by Andrea Davis Pinkney Hoot by Carl Hiaasen Heat by Mike Lupica Gaby, Lost and Found by Angela Cervantes
Confidence Picture
Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal Alvin Ailey by Andrea Davis Pinkney When the Beat Was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop by Laban Carrick Hill Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney
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Poetry “By Myself” by Eloise Greenfield
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes Chapter
The Green Bicycle by Haifaa al Mansour Freckle Juice by Judy Blume Girl Wonder: A Baseball Story in Nine Innings by Deborah Hopkinson
Hope Picture
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst I, Too, Am America by Langston Hughes A Dance Like Starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream by Kristy Dempsey and Floyd Cooper The Infinite Song by Andrea Freeman Poetry “Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes” by David Roessel
Honey, I Love and Other Poems by Eloise Greenfield Chapter
Toothpaste Millionaire by Jean Merrill The Thing About Luck by Cynthia Kadohata Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai
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